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On March 18, 2013 Nearby Norwegians established a Facebook Page. You can join us by clicking the above link.

Here is a list of the posts (present - 2013). 

When you have 'liked' the Page, you can search the Page by clicking on 'POSTS' in the left nav then look right, and click on 'search posts on this page'. 

If you’re interested in other Facebook Groups that focus on Norwegian genealogy, check out this Nearby Norwegian blog post: Facebook Groups, a new way to ask for help......October 8, 2017.

March 4, 2020...........Blog Post:  Minister of the state for Sweden-Norway???

February 15, 2020....Food for Thought: Important Years in Norwegian Women's History 1814-2019 (link to Norwegian article)



October 9, 2019........[image] Happy Leif Erikson Day

September 27, 2019..NAHA Archives (St. Olaf) receives $300,000 NEH Challenge grant for new library vault

September 23, 2019..[image] If you're lucky enough to be Norsk, you're lucky enough

August 2, 2019.........Rømmergrøt Time - a video from North Wild Kitchen

April 4, 2019............Nearby Norwegians as guest speaker at I AM NORSK genealogy workshop in Bremerton, WA

January 20, 2019......Blog Post: To Beer or Not to Beer in Norway



December 21, 2018..God Jul to All

December 7, 2018....Norwegian lag Week 2019 - a visit to Salt Lake City

November 26, 2018.."The Legend of Seven Sorts" by the Ringerike-Drammen Districts Lag

November 23, 2018..Dr. Carl R. Sunde, SDSU, on Germans from Russia Heritage Collection

November 6, 2018...Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving

August 22, 2018.......Norwegian Patronyms, a blog post by Martin Roe Eidhammer, of Norway

August 21, 2018.......King Olak V and the United States (Seattle Times, October 17, 1975)

July 29, 2018............Norwegian Sweaters, where did they come from (video)

July 27, 2018............"Sweet Land, the Musical" at Taproot Theatre in Seattle, WA

June 21, 2018..........."An Immigrant's Memories" (Wisconsin magazine of history)

April 30, 2018..........Enlightenment - Reason - Balance: Arne Brekke (Vimeo video)

April 29, 2018..........Blog Post: It all started with a virtual flower

April 9, 2018........... Surprise wake up for hungover teenager (YouTube video)

March 22, 2018....... Professor Troy Storfjell, Chair of the Nordic Studies program, PLU

March 21, 2018....... Kerstin “Kris” Ringdahl • PLU honors retirement of 53-year archivist...

February 23, 2018..... April Fools Joke?

February 20, 2018..... Genealogy or Family History – which is it?

February 18, 2018..... New page (tab) on Nearby Norwegians blog

February 9, 2018....... YouTube video – Reingjede I Kautokeino

February 8, 2018....... Yoiking (Sami Jienat – Voices of Sampi)

February 8, 2018....... Sampi – shot co-directed and animated film

February 2, 2018....... Trump Wishes We had more Immigrants from Norway

January 31, 2018....... E U R E K A – Passenger list of the Bark Tegner

January 26, 2018....... National Archives of Norway

January 22, 2018....... Choosing to Remember: Martin Ulvestad

January 11, 2018....... [newspaper clipping] Norwegian Writers in America • Feb 18, 1937

January 10, 2018....... Book Review: Let the Northern Lights Erase your Name

January 5, 2018......... Norwegians become to 27th-century humans what the Greeks were to the Renaissance



December 24, 2017......... Recipe: Microwave Rømmergrøt

November 26, 2017......... Nordic Noir & Author, Vidar Sundstøl – Land of Creams …

November 21, 2017......... Norwegian Norwegians 40th Annual Yulefest

November 15, 2017......... Book: The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys …

November 10, 2017......... Veterans Day, honoring

October 21, 2017............ Blog Post: Arne Brekke: His work bridges two cultures

October 18, 2017............ A Recipe for Mutual Benefit: ‘FAN Club’, Crowdsourcing, Find-A-Grave & Bygdelag

October 14, 2017............ Painting – Giclee Print from Vesterheim’s Collections

October 8, 2017.............. Blog Post: Facebook Groups, a new way to ask for help

October 6, 2017.............. Blog Post: Where do I begin, my Norwegian Genealogy Research

October 1, 2017.............. Blog Post: What Separates Norwegian Lutherans in America?

September 30, 2017......... Blog Post: Norwegian Naming Patterns, Expertly explained in a YouTube Video

September 27, 2017......... Blog Post: Understanding the new Digitalarkivet website – Launched May 2017

September 17, 2017......... Blog Post: Uncoding Gothic Script

June 28, 2017................. Viewing of Sami Blood (film)

January 28, 2017............ King of Norway on ‘Play Ground”



May 9, 2016................... Event: World War I and Seattle’s Cityscape (May 9)

February 25, 2016........... Blog Post: Down the Rabbit Hole

February 14, 2016........... Blog Post: Thomas Andersen Stang • 1935 – 2016

February 14, 2016........... How Norwegians Died – Interpreted



November 26, 2014......... Book: Tradition and Change on Seattle’s First Hill: Propriety, Profanity, Pills, and Preservation



May 28, 2013................. Ole Goes to War: Men from Norway who fought in the America’s Civil War

May 26, 2013................. Blog Post: Admire, Respect & Emulate: my top ten

April 20, 2013................. Blog Post: Nearby Norwegian receives National Recognition

March 18, 2013............... Blog Post: Poulsbo AYPE Viking #4: Nels Sonju

March 18, 2013............... Blog Post: Poulsbo Vikings at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, 1909

March 18, 2013............... Blog Post: Coffee Table Norwegian

March 18, 2013............... Blog Post: “Don’t Think That You Are Special” Janteloven

March 18, 2013............... Blog Post: Nearby Norwegians Play Peek-a-Boo

March 18, 2013............... Blog Post: Seattleite With Norwegian Roots Writes About Seattle: Now, Then, and in the Future

March 18, 2013............... Blog Post: Why Norway Has Two Written Languages

March 18, 2013............... Blog Post: Nearby History Enters a New Era

March 18, 2013............... Facebook Page launched